Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 76147 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Sarah Gally | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 120 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 85 | |
Guns mounted | 8 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Voyage completed as intended |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | London |
First place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Second place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Anomabu | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | York River | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | York River | |
Place where voyage ended | London | |
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
First region of slave landing | Virginia | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Virginia | |
Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1721 |
Date voyage began | 1720-09-20 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1720-12-09 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1721-04-09 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1721-06-26 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1721-09-17 | |
Date voyage completed | 1721-11-01 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 279 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 78 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Bulcock, John (a) Bullock |
Crew at voyage outset | 23 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 120 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 250 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 250 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 250 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 233 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 233 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 233 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 55.4% |
Percentage women IMP | 20.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 15.5% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 9.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 70.8% | |
Percentage children IMP | 24.5% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 18.16 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 17 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 7.0% | |
Source | Sources | CO390/7: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) CO388/25,376: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) T70/7,18-19: British National Archives (Kew) C113/285,f.77: British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK) Donnan,IV,184: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) Minch,48-49: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984). T70/957,113,121-3: British National Archives (Kew) T70/958,102: British National Archives (Kew) Galenson,164: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986). T70/4:12,14: British National Archives (Kew) |